The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-04
a TEXAS RANCH.
PASTURES Large Enough to Form
states as Large as Maine.
[COrpus ChrIstI (Te1asl CalIer /

CORPUS Christi (Texas) Caller1
The live stock business Of Southwestern
Texas Is conducted on big scale. There /,
nothing small about it. The pastures owned
| by a half dozen ranchmen here contain terri
tory enough to make State as large as Ohio
| Among the first Of this number Is the Cole
man-Fulton Pasture Company, located II
San Patricio and Arkansas counties, portion
81 the pasture bordering on Corpus Christ
Bay. within sight of this city This com
pany has an authorized capital Of $1,000, 900
and pasture containing 10000 acres of the
finest grazing lands to be found under the
| sun.
1t was the Caller man, privilege to ride
over this stock farm this week in company
with Mr.. E. G. Belts of Colorado, and
Colonel G. w. Fulton and Mr. G. w. Fulton.
Jr., respectively president and superintend-
emit of the company. The track Of the Aran-
sas Pass railroad crosses 1t from the north
west to the southeast, so q ride Of an hour
and half from Corpus on the cars took us
to Sinton, one Of the important stations on
the new road, where q f0ur-hOrse team of
the Fultons was in waiting. We rode all
day-more than forty miles-and at no time
found the grass in excellent condition (much
OF which Is the mesQuite), excellent water In
abundance and cattle fat-fatter than ever
known at this time Of the year.
This pasture is well watered. The water
is probably better distributed than in any
other pasture in Texas. One body, or lake.
formed by substantial rock and cement
dam across the Chiltipin, is 0miles in length
and contains throughout the year nearly
S,ooo0,0oCO gallons Of fine water. 1t is prob
| IarQQQt Av nf a.
In the State. Next is lake three miles in
length, situated nearer the center of the pas
ture. IL Is formed by large dam, and has
stone waste-way to prevent it from flood
ing tne prairie In rainy seasons. 1t has been
constructed nearly thirteen years, and In all
that time has furnished an unfaiiing Supply
OF water. There Is a lake Of fresh water
made by the Puerto dam, that never goes
dry. On the southwest boundary Of the pas
tnre are the Gum Hollow and Coolidge dams,
this great grazing field.
besides these, the company has bored 26
Weiis In diiferent parts of the pasture fur
nlshed with as many windmills, each with
TWO tanks Of 10000 gallons. which feed the
mills are self-regulating. requiring no atten-
ton except 0iling the mill machinery twice
or three times a week.
Our party was often in sight of eight mills
az ai. once, and at one time, counted twelve in
turOnnh-
out the pasture. They were erected by Mr..
j: =. Fulton, to whom is due the credit for
s ,a self.regulating maehinery-or the Cover
t noa, az ssas salled. When the tanks are fun
lowered by the ca a mil when the war IS
troughs, 1t starts the mill. He nas.r...sIn c
contract TO bore six new wells and erect as
many mills.
depth Of has Just s completed ,pl ted reached
lent water, that can q hJn mas 100 liset Of excel
@ Fulton has made grand sr utp.so o Oq.. .; T.
boring, and solved the fresh-water auestYfh.,
for Texas stockmen. He has all the machin
cry necessary for boring wells and making
tanks, troughs, &C., in first-class style.
by dividing the grazing lands by means OF
wlre-tence partitions, the handling of stock
Is economical, labor facilitated, and differ
ent grades of cattle are kept apart In herd
ing cattle for shipment, breeding cattle are
not worried by being unnecessarily raced
and driven about by the herdsmen.
Inc several divisions are stocked with
about forty thousand head of cattle of ali
fOrds.
The company can ship cattle at short no.
tlce. IL has shipping pens on the Aransas
f i railroad within the pasture, where the
stock can be placed on the cars within few
hours from the time it is first herded up.
well watered.
Our party spent the day in riding over this
treat grazlng neld, looking at the cattle and
improvements, and reached Rincon ranch.
where the superintendent resides, at a late
hour IN the evening, well lpleased with the
ride. -. ~
Colonel G. w. Fulton, is the elder brother OF
the late G. g; Fulton. proprietor of the
American. Though he his nearing his sew
enty-seventh birthday, the fact Of his riding
forty miles in single day is evidence that
age has not impaired his health and vigor.
He is well known in Baltimore and Phila-
delphia,